Tom Ripley, Ce'st Moi
Oct. 10th, 2019 08:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloI catch myself feeling guilty.
Why?
Because I'm reading Patricia Highsmith's Ripley books- and she makes you see everything through his eyes and he's so simpatico that if you're not concentrating on being yourself- if for example you're doing something impersonal like brushing your teeth and letting your mind free float- you may briefly forget that it wasn't actually you who murdered Dickie Greenleaf...
Why?
Because I'm reading Patricia Highsmith's Ripley books- and she makes you see everything through his eyes and he's so simpatico that if you're not concentrating on being yourself- if for example you're doing something impersonal like brushing your teeth and letting your mind free float- you may briefly forget that it wasn't actually you who murdered Dickie Greenleaf...
